‘Beloved’ Georgia police dispatcher dies after driver hits her, takes off
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A Georgia police department is mourning the death of a dispatcher who was hit and killed by a car. The Sparta Police Department announced on Tuesday that Mary Jones was killed by a driver as she was trying to secure items on a trailer along Interstate 95 near Edgewood Avenue in Jacksonville just after midnight on Thursday. The driver accused in Jones’ death sped away after hitting her, according to Florida Highway Patrol troopers.